MPPSC PRELIMS The Only Comprehensive “CURRENT AFFAIRS” Magazine of “MADHYA PRADESH”in “ENGLISH MEDIUM” National International MADHYA CURRENT Economy PRADESH MP Budget Current Affairs AFFAIRS MP Eco Survey MONTHLY Books-Authors Science Tech Personalities & Environment Sports AUGUST 2020 Contact us: mppscadda.com [email protected] Call - 9953733830 WhatsApp - 7982862964 Telegram - t.me/mppscadda AUGUST 2020 (CURRENT AFFAIRS) 1 MADHYA PRADESH NEWS Nutrition campaign will be launched in the state Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that Anganwadi centres have an important role in removing malnutrition of children and women and keeping them healthy. Its importance has increased even more during the Covid-19 phase. Other departments should also assist in enabling Anganwadi centres. Officers and ministers should also assist in making necessary changes in the arrangements by inspecting the Anganwadi centers during the tour in the districts. Cent percent results can be obtained by preparing an action plan for nutrition campaign. Improvements must be made in the implementation of women and child development schemes at the grassroots level. Whatever shortcomings are noticed must be fulfilled. Chief Minister Shri Chouhan directed that to make various arrangements at Anganwadi centers, the Women and Child Development Department should increase coordination with various departments. Chief Minister Shri Chouhan gave these instructions while reviewing the operation of Anganwadis of the state through video conference from the hospital on Sunday. Administrative approval of Rs 59 crore 89 lakh for digitization project of land records The second virtual meeting of the Cabinet was held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Ministers joined the meeting of the Cabinet through video conferencing from various places. The Cabinet took a decision to issue administrative approval to an estimated amount of Rs. 59 crore 89 lakh for the digitization of land records in Madhya Pradesh under the Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme of Government of India. In addition to the amount of Rs 25 crore 80 lakh available for digitization, maximum amount of Rs. 15 crore will be used from the available fund in e-district project run by the Public Service Management Department for additional expenditure of Rs 34 crore 9 lakh. 413 banks set up under ‘Ek Mask-AnekZindagi’ campaign As many as 413 banks have already been set up till now under the ‘Ek Mask-AnekZindagi’ campaign, being conducted to protect people from the infection of corona virus. The mask banks have been set up in cooperation of voluntary organizations, public representatives and citizens of the state. The Minister for Urban Development and Housing Shri Bhupendra Singh has told to make the campaign successful with the active participation of all sections of the society. He further mentioned that mask is the most simple and low cost mean for protection from corona infection. Shri Singh stated that the pace of the campaign should be accelerated in cooperation of people in those urban bodies, where it is being conducted with slow pace. Review Pradhan Mantri Awas(Urban) Project Urban Development and Housing Minister Shri Bhupendra Singh said that the Pradhan Mantri Awas (Urban) project should be reviewed. He said that the cost of infrastructure development works of this project should be reduced. The urban bodies concerned can do the work of infrastructure development. Shri Singh gave these instructions while reviewing the works of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). Sanskrit Saptah: Sanskrit is the mother of culture and human values Governor Smt. Anandi Ben Patel said that Sanskrit language is the mother of civilization, culture and human values which encompasses the wealth of supernatural knowledge of the whole world. Sanskrit language is the soul of our country. Sanskrit empowers a person, gives him the ability to pave his own path. Sanskrit studies create possibilities of unlimited employment. One also gets full respect in the society along with earning a living. Smt. Patel was addressing the concluding programme of Sanskrit Saptah organized by Maharishi Panini Sanskrit and Vedic University from online platform today. Governor Smt. Patel said that under the new education policy, the compulsion of students to choose pre-decided subjects has been ended. Under this innovative initiative, new possibilities of propagating Sanskrit language and its wealth of knowledge in the field of higher education should be explored. The younger generation should benefit from the study of Sanskrit language by acquiring the wealth of rare knowledge available in the literature of Vedas, Shastras, Darshans, Puranas and poetry etc. She said that strong research culture and research AUGUST 2020 (CURRENT AFFAIRS) 2 capability have been promoted in the new National Education Policy. A new path to quality higher education is open. This should be made a remarkable opportunity for expansion and spread of Sanskrit language. The university should strive towards making Sanskrit an apex international centre of education. Bhamashah scheme will be reimplemented in Madhya Pradesh: CM Shri Chouhan Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that increase in revenue is necessary to bring the economy back on track. There should be an increase in this. Ministers should conduct review with departmental officers every week to improve the current status of generated revenue. Chief Minister Shri Chouhan sought information about the generated revenue in a review meeting today. Under the circumstances of Covid-19, it is necessary to increase revenue in various heads with the aim of restoring the economy. For this, work should be done based on a strategy. Chief Minister Shri Chouhan directed that the Bhamashah scheme of honouring honest tax payers should be started again. It is also necessary to encourage people who pay taxes honestly. Last year, many taxpayers have been discouraged due to this scheme being ignored. Honouring taxpayers inspires all classes to pay their taxes. Chief Minister Shri Chouhan said that this scheme should be effectively implemented from this year itself. There will be a meeting again after a fortnight to review the revenue generated in the state. Shivraj condemns Amarinder in Basmati GI tagging case Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan today condemned Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh for writing a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the efforts to get Madhya Pradesh’s famous Basmati rice a Geographical Indication Tag (GI tagging) and said that this move is inspired by politics. Chief Minister Shri Chouhan has said that, ‘I condemn the letter written to the Prime Minister by the Congress government of Punjab in the matter of GI tagging of Basmati rice of Madhya Pradesh and consider it politically inspired. I wish to question the Chief Minister of Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh, as to what hostility he has with the farmers of Madhya Pradesh? It is not a matter of Madhya Pradesh or Punjab, it is a matter of farmers of the entire country and their livelihood. Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has written a letter in this context to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. Referring to the historical connection of Basmati rice of Madhya Pradesh, he urged him to grant GI status to the state’s Basmati rice to encourage farmers and basmati rice based industries. Start Bhopal and Indore Metro Rail before August 2023-Minister Shri Bhupendra Singh Set a target to start Bhopal and Indore Metro Rail before the deadline of August 2023. Decide time limit of all works and act accordingly. These instructions were given by the Minister for Urban Development and Housing Shri Bhupendra Singh during a review of works of Metro Rail. Shri Singh has said that the Principal Secretary should monitor it personally, so that all the works could be completed within the stipulated time. Information as regard to works of Bhopal and Indore Metro Rail was given through presentation in the meeting. The work to construct pillars from AIIMS has been started for the Bhopal Metro project. So far, 80 pillars have already been constructed. The total project cost of Bhopal Metro Rail is Rs. 6 thousand 941 crore and the total project cost of Indore Metro Rail is Rs. 7 thousand 580 crore. Prof. Ramanath Mishra conferred with Dr. Wakankar National Award Well-known archaeologist Prof. Ramanath Mishra was conferred with the prestigious Dr. Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar National Award of Madhya Pradesh goverment for the year 2014-15 on behalf of Culture Minister Sushri Usha Thakur, at his residence in Lucknow today. Minister Sushri Thakur and Principal Secretary Culture Shri Shivshekhar Shukla took part in the award ceremony which was conducted online from Indore and Bhopal respectively. Archaeological Officer Dr. Ramesh Yadav presented Prof. Mishra with an amount of Rs 2 lakh and a citation on behalf of the culture minister. Dr. Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar National Award is given by the state government to honour and encourage national level outstanding talent in the field of archaeological conservation and archaeological culture. Born in Neemuch, Dr. Wakankar had discovered the World Heritage Smarak Samuh Bhimbetka in 1957. AUGUST 2020 (CURRENT AFFAIRS) 3 He also made very important contributions in archaeological excavations like Manoti, Indragarh, Kayatha, Dangwara, Runija etc. Padmashri Dr. Wakankar, a life member of the Archaeological